Post for supporting fishing rods



June 4, 1929. w, FERGUSON I 1,716,220

POST FOR SUPPORTING FISHING RODS Original Filed Aug. 24, 1926 14/.wizyuson attoznou Patented June 4, 1929.

WILLIAM '1. FERGUSON, OF BIRDS, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO OMERLEWIS CUNNINGHAM, F LAWRENCEVILLE, ILLINOIS.

POST FOR SUPPORTING FISHING RODS.

Uriginal application. filed August 24, 1926, Serial No. 131,278. Dividedand this application filed February 24, 1927. Serial No. 170,597,

This invention relates to devices for supporting fishing rods andparticularly to a device as illustrated in my pending application forPatent Serial No. 131,278, filed August 24:, 1926, of which applicationthis is a division.

The general object of the present invention is to provide a fishing rodsupport consisting of a post or equivalent member preferably pointed atits lower end whereby it may be driven into the ground and provide aplatelike member mounted upon the post and so constructed that it mayact to limit the extent to which the post may be forced into the groundand act under these circumstances as a base for the support of the postin soft ground, or may be used as a means for attaching the post uponthe deck of a boat.

My invention .is illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure1 is a perspective view of my improved fishing rod support;

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the supporting plate for the post orstake.

Referring to these drawings 10 designates a metallic pipe constitutingthe post, whose lower portion is flattened and pointed as at 11, so thatit may be driven into the ground. The upper end of the pipe is closed bya screw-cap 12 so formed as to permit the post to receive the impact ofa sledge hammer, in case of driving into the ground, without injury tothe post.

' Extending diametrically through the hollow post are the arms of anapproximately U shaped handle 13. These arms at their free ends beyondthe pipe are screw-threaded for the reception of nuts 14 and thispermits the extremities of these arms to be passed through a. verticallydisposed plank and be bolted thereto. Thus, the pipe may be supportedupon the skirting planks of a wharf or other structure and the pipe orpost held from any twisting movement. This member 13 constitutes'ahandle whereby the post may be held while being driven, or whereby thepost may be lifted and then dropped so that the pointed end may beforced into soft ground to the extent sufficient to permit the post tobe driven. V

Disposed below the handle is a disk or plate I 15, this plate havingoppositely disposed,

side of the boat. The disk 15 is also formed with opposed shoulders 17which extend upward and fit against the pipe or post and keep it fromtilting with reference to the relatively thin plate. The upper face ofthe disk 15 has two grooves disposed on opposite sides of the centralaperture through which the post passes within which the lower arm of thehandle 13 rests to keep the post from turning or twisting axially.

The post is provided with means for supporting fishing rods and as faras this application is concerned, any suitable means may be provided forthe purpose. Preferably,

however, I use the means shown in my pending application for patentbefore referred to. Inasmuch as this means is fully described in mypending application, I do not believe there is any necessity ofdescribing it in the present application. I

It will be seen that by using a post 10 of the character stated, aplurality of rods may be supported in various angular positions so thatlines may be cast in any desired direction. The disk 15 constitutesmeans whereby the stake or post may be supported upon a boat, wharf, orany horizontal plank, and also means which, when the post is driven intosoft and muddy ground will prevent the post from sinking and also holdthe post from lateral tipping movement. Furthermore it prevents theupper portion of the post from becoming dirty. The lugs 17 prevent thepost from tipping in the central opening of the plate 15 when the postis supported, as shown in Figure 1, and the handle 13 coacting with theplate prevents any turning movement of the post.

I claim 1. A support for fishing rods comprising a post, a plate-likemember having a central opening through which the post passes andprovided with twoapproximately parallel outstanding arms perforated forthe passage of attaching means, the post having a diametricallyextending member adapted to engage said plate and the plate having adiametrically extending groove to receive said member. s

2. A support for fishing rods comprising a'post, a plate-like memberhaving a central opening through Which the post passes and provided Withtwo approximately parallel outstanding arms perforated for the passageof attaching means, the post having a diametrically extending memberadapted to engage said plate, the plate having outstanding lugs on eachside of the central opening to prevent relative tipping movement of thepost and plate and the upper face of the plate having a diametricallyextending groove into which said transverse member hts.

3. A support for fishlng rods comprising a post, a U-shaped memberformed to provide 20 two arms disposed diametrically through the postand screw-threaded at the1r extremitles, nuts carried on thescrew-threaded extremities of the arms, a plate through which the Intestimony whereof I hereunto afiix my 30 signature.

WILLIAM T. FERGUSON.

